Preprints
- Seabrook S; Correa AMS; Conetta D; Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; McConnell K; Schmeltzer E; Vega Thurber R; Thurber AR. Coral bleaching induced mortality transforms local and global carbon cycling: An unrecognized feedback loop that may accelerate reef decline. In review. Preprint DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-779
Published Mansucripts
20. Glass BH; Aichelman HE; Grupstra CGB; Valadez-Ingersoll M; Guerra V; Gondola V; Swank A; Nagree A: Gilmore TD; Davies SW. Extreme marine heatwaves threaten resilience through legacy effects in stress-tolerant corals. Accepted for publication. Global Change Biology.
19. Dutton C; Goeckner A; Goldwire T; Grupstra CGB; Houghtaling D; Nonnamaker E; Subalusky AL. Coalescence of animal and environmental microbiomes, and their contribution to ecosystem functioning. 2026. Environmental Microbiology 4: e70291. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70291
18. Titus KR; Castellon R; Washington C; Cooper J; Grupstra CGB; Bloomberg J; Coy S; Farmer B; Karrick C; Meiling S; Quetel J; Rossin A; Veglia A; Watkins J; Evans K; Apprill A; Brandt M; Holstein DM; Mydlarz LD; Correa AMS. Caribbean Fish Feces are an Environmental Hotspot of Viable Symbiodiniaceae. 2026. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1715855
17. Gantt SE; Grupstra CGB; Aichelman HE; Nagree A; Swank AR; Buston PM; Davies SW. Sex ratios and gamete production vary across cryptic coral lineages and thermal environments. 2025. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02786-8
16. Peterson A; Patton S; Schmeltzer ER; Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; Klinges G; Maher RL; Messyasz A; Seabrook S; Thurber AR; Correa AMS; Vega Thurber RL. 2025. Apicomplexan and non-metazoan microeukaryotes in the thermosensitive reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus shift in abundance throughout an extreme coral bleaching event. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1626071
15. Grupstra CGB; Meyer-Kaiser KS; Bennett MJ; Andres MO¹; Juszkiewicz DJ; Fifer JE; Da-Anoy JP; Gomez-Campo K; Martinez-Rugerio I; Aichelman HE; Huzar AK¹; Hughes AM¹; Rivera HE; Davies SW. 2024 . Holobiont traits shape climate change responses in cryptic coral lineages. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17578
14. Bennett MJ; Grupstra CGB; Da-Anoy J; Andres M; Holstein D; Rossin A; Davies SW; Meyer-Kaiser KS. 2024. Ex situ spawning, larval development, and settlement in massive reef-building corals (Porites) in Palau. Invertebrate Biology. doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12447
13. Veglia AJ; Rivera Vicéns RE; Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; Correa AMS. 2024. vAMPirus: A versatile amplicon processing and analysis program for studying viruses. Molecular Ecology Resources. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13978
12. Grupstra CGB; Gómez-Corrales M; Fifer J; Aichelman HE; Meyer-Kaiser KS; Prada C; Davies SW. 2024. Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis, and conservation. Nature ecology & Evolution. https://rdcu.be/dywh2
11. Howe-Kerr LI; Knochel AM¹; Meyer MD; Sims JA¹; Karrick CE; Grupstra CGB; Veglia AJ; Thurber AR; Vega Thurber RL; Correa AMS. 2023. Filamentous virus-like particles are present in coral dinoflagellates across genera and ocean basins. The ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01526-6
10. Howe-Kerr LI; Grupstra CGB; Rabbitt K¹; Conetta D; Coy S; Klinges JG; Maher R; McConnell K; Meiling S; Messyasz A; Schmeltzer E; Seabrook S; Sims J¹; Veglia A; Thurber A; Thurber RV; Correa A. 2023. Viruses of a key coral symbiont exhibit temperature-driven productivity across a reefscape. ISME Communications. doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00227-7
9. Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; Van der Meulen JA¹; Veglia AJ; Coy SR; Correa AMS. 2023. Consumer feces impact coral health in guild-specific ways. 2023. Frontiers in Marine Biology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1110346
8. Grupstra CGB; Lemoine NP; Cook CN; Correa AMS. 2022. Thank you for biting: Dispersal of beneficial microbiota through "antagonistic" interactions. Trends in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2022.03.006
7. Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; Veglia AJ; Bryant RL¹; Coy SR; Blackwelder PL; Correa AMS. 2022. Thermal stress triggers productive viral infection of a key coral reef symbiont. The ISME Journal. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-022-01194-y
6. Shore A; Sims JA¹; Grimes M; Howe-Kerr LI; Grupstra CGB; Doyle SM; Stadler L; Sylvan JB; Shamberger KEF; Davies SW; Santiago-Vázquez LZ; Correa AMS. 2021. On a Reef Far, Far Away: Anthropogenic Impacts Following Extreme Storms Affect Sponge Health and Bacterial Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:608036. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.608036
5. Grupstra CGB; Rabbitt KM¹; Howe-Kerr LI; Correa AMSC. 2021. Fish predation on corals promotes the dispersal of coral symbionts. Animal Microbiome 3:25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00086-4
4. Grupstra CGB* & Ziegler M*; Barreto MM; Eaton M; BaOmar J; Zubier K; Al-Sofyani A, Turki AJ; Ormond R; Voolstra CR. 2019. Coral bacterial community structure responds to environmental change in a host-specific manner. Nature Communications 10 (3092). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10969-5
3. Posbic Leydet K; Grupstra CGB; Coma R; Ribes M; Hellberg ME. 2018. Host‐targeted RAD‐Seq reveals genetic changes in the coral Oculina patagonica associated with range expansion along the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Molecular Ecology 27(11), pp 2529-2543. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14702
2. Grupstra CGB; Coma R; Ribes M; Posbic Leydet K; Parkinson JE; McDonald K¹; Catllà M; Voolstra CR; Coffroth MA. 2017. Evidence for coral range expansion accompanied by reduced diversity of Symbiodinium genotypes. Coral Reefs 36(3), pp 981-985. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1589-2
1. Rädecker N; Pogoreutz C; Ziegler M; Ashok A; Barreto MM; Chaidez V; Grupstra CGB; Ng, YM; Perna G; Aranda M; Voolstra CR. 2017. Assessing the effects of iron enrichment across holobiont compartments reveals reduced microbial nitrogen fixation in the Red Sea coral Pocillopora verrucosa. Ecology and Evolution 7(16), pp 6614-6621. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3293
* Shared co-first authorship
¹ Undergraduate co-author
19. Dutton C; Goeckner A; Goldwire T; Grupstra CGB; Houghtaling D; Nonnamaker E; Subalusky AL. Coalescence of animal and environmental microbiomes, and their contribution to ecosystem functioning. 2026. Environmental Microbiology 4: e70291. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70291
18. Titus KR; Castellon R; Washington C; Cooper J; Grupstra CGB; Bloomberg J; Coy S; Farmer B; Karrick C; Meiling S; Quetel J; Rossin A; Veglia A; Watkins J; Evans K; Apprill A; Brandt M; Holstein DM; Mydlarz LD; Correa AMS. Caribbean Fish Feces are an Environmental Hotspot of Viable Symbiodiniaceae. 2026. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1715855
17. Gantt SE; Grupstra CGB; Aichelman HE; Nagree A; Swank AR; Buston PM; Davies SW. Sex ratios and gamete production vary across cryptic coral lineages and thermal environments. 2025. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02786-8
16. Peterson A; Patton S; Schmeltzer ER; Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; Klinges G; Maher RL; Messyasz A; Seabrook S; Thurber AR; Correa AMS; Vega Thurber RL. 2025. Apicomplexan and non-metazoan microeukaryotes in the thermosensitive reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus shift in abundance throughout an extreme coral bleaching event. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1626071
15. Grupstra CGB; Meyer-Kaiser KS; Bennett MJ; Andres MO¹; Juszkiewicz DJ; Fifer JE; Da-Anoy JP; Gomez-Campo K; Martinez-Rugerio I; Aichelman HE; Huzar AK¹; Hughes AM¹; Rivera HE; Davies SW. 2024 . Holobiont traits shape climate change responses in cryptic coral lineages. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17578
14. Bennett MJ; Grupstra CGB; Da-Anoy J; Andres M; Holstein D; Rossin A; Davies SW; Meyer-Kaiser KS. 2024. Ex situ spawning, larval development, and settlement in massive reef-building corals (Porites) in Palau. Invertebrate Biology. doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12447
13. Veglia AJ; Rivera Vicéns RE; Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; Correa AMS. 2024. vAMPirus: A versatile amplicon processing and analysis program for studying viruses. Molecular Ecology Resources. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13978
12. Grupstra CGB; Gómez-Corrales M; Fifer J; Aichelman HE; Meyer-Kaiser KS; Prada C; Davies SW. 2024. Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis, and conservation. Nature ecology & Evolution. https://rdcu.be/dywh2
11. Howe-Kerr LI; Knochel AM¹; Meyer MD; Sims JA¹; Karrick CE; Grupstra CGB; Veglia AJ; Thurber AR; Vega Thurber RL; Correa AMS. 2023. Filamentous virus-like particles are present in coral dinoflagellates across genera and ocean basins. The ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01526-6
10. Howe-Kerr LI; Grupstra CGB; Rabbitt K¹; Conetta D; Coy S; Klinges JG; Maher R; McConnell K; Meiling S; Messyasz A; Schmeltzer E; Seabrook S; Sims J¹; Veglia A; Thurber A; Thurber RV; Correa A. 2023. Viruses of a key coral symbiont exhibit temperature-driven productivity across a reefscape. ISME Communications. doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00227-7
9. Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; Van der Meulen JA¹; Veglia AJ; Coy SR; Correa AMS. 2023. Consumer feces impact coral health in guild-specific ways. 2023. Frontiers in Marine Biology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1110346
8. Grupstra CGB; Lemoine NP; Cook CN; Correa AMS. 2022. Thank you for biting: Dispersal of beneficial microbiota through "antagonistic" interactions. Trends in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2022.03.006
7. Grupstra CGB; Howe-Kerr LI; Veglia AJ; Bryant RL¹; Coy SR; Blackwelder PL; Correa AMS. 2022. Thermal stress triggers productive viral infection of a key coral reef symbiont. The ISME Journal. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-022-01194-y
6. Shore A; Sims JA¹; Grimes M; Howe-Kerr LI; Grupstra CGB; Doyle SM; Stadler L; Sylvan JB; Shamberger KEF; Davies SW; Santiago-Vázquez LZ; Correa AMS. 2021. On a Reef Far, Far Away: Anthropogenic Impacts Following Extreme Storms Affect Sponge Health and Bacterial Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:608036. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.608036
5. Grupstra CGB; Rabbitt KM¹; Howe-Kerr LI; Correa AMSC. 2021. Fish predation on corals promotes the dispersal of coral symbionts. Animal Microbiome 3:25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00086-4
4. Grupstra CGB* & Ziegler M*; Barreto MM; Eaton M; BaOmar J; Zubier K; Al-Sofyani A, Turki AJ; Ormond R; Voolstra CR. 2019. Coral bacterial community structure responds to environmental change in a host-specific manner. Nature Communications 10 (3092). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10969-5
3. Posbic Leydet K; Grupstra CGB; Coma R; Ribes M; Hellberg ME. 2018. Host‐targeted RAD‐Seq reveals genetic changes in the coral Oculina patagonica associated with range expansion along the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Molecular Ecology 27(11), pp 2529-2543. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14702
2. Grupstra CGB; Coma R; Ribes M; Posbic Leydet K; Parkinson JE; McDonald K¹; Catllà M; Voolstra CR; Coffroth MA. 2017. Evidence for coral range expansion accompanied by reduced diversity of Symbiodinium genotypes. Coral Reefs 36(3), pp 981-985. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1589-2
1. Rädecker N; Pogoreutz C; Ziegler M; Ashok A; Barreto MM; Chaidez V; Grupstra CGB; Ng, YM; Perna G; Aranda M; Voolstra CR. 2017. Assessing the effects of iron enrichment across holobiont compartments reveals reduced microbial nitrogen fixation in the Red Sea coral Pocillopora verrucosa. Ecology and Evolution 7(16), pp 6614-6621. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3293
* Shared co-first authorship
¹ Undergraduate co-author
